theme from an unmade silent movie

[charlie]

wow

[Damo70]

To any of our fans from that time, Hurricaine Smith's tune is evocative of one of the greatest periods in the history of our club.
I've got a cassette tape featuring the highlights of Tony Butler's 1982 European Cup Final show, including George Gavin's commentary when we scored the winning goal and at the final whistle. I'd digitalise it and share it if I had the technological wherewithal.

Does anyone else remember them trying to keep people hooked/awake for the game in Tokyo by promising to replay George Gavin's commentary on Peter Withe's winner?

[Ad@m]

I'm too young for this but I do miss us playing Escape as our entrance music.  I think that sets the scene like no other song.

[London Villan]

I am sure its been asked before but how did the "Theme from..." become to be played as the team ran out. Whats the link?

[Dave Clark Five]

[dave.woodhall]

I am sure its been asked before but how did the "Theme from..." become to be played as the team ran out. Whats the link?

Butler reckons he played it first. Why, he never says.

[Pete3206]

If you listen to this music loud after a great Villa win, you go all funny. Goose bumps and welled up eyes. Or is that just me?

[adrenachrome]

If you listen to this music loud after a great Villa win, you go all funny. Goose bumps and welled up eyes. Or is that just me?

Same here, Pete.

[Damo70]

If you listen to this music loud after a great Villa win, you go all funny. Goose bumps and welled up eyes. Or is that just me?

I prefer to hear it before a game. My eyes go a bit blurry and I see Gordon Cowans and Peter Withe running out to play for us. Oh, and I'm twelve again and we are champions of Europe.

[E I Adio]

If you listen to this music loud after a great Villa win, you go all funny. Goose bumps and welled up eyes. Or is that just me?

No, but then it has pretty much the same effect on me whenever it's played.

[V dog]

A group of us wrote separate letters to the club years ago to ask if they could reinstate it as the music we run out to (I think it was Graham Taylor and Steve Stride that we wrote to).

Alas, no reply or acknowledgment.

[Fergal]

Does anybody remember the villa coming out to this song every game in the early to mid 80s? I can always remember it being on when Nigel Spink was warming up! I dont no if it was played in the 70s as i only started going about 82 83 when i was 5 or 6. I think it would be a good idea to get them coming out to it again.It still sends shivers down my spine listening to it now! Be interesting to see what anyone else thinks?

I used to have it as a ring tone.

[Mortimer's Bear]

Does anybody remember the villa coming out to this song every game in the early to mid 80s? I can always remember it being on when Nigel Spink was warming up! I dont no if it was played in the 70s as i only started going about 82 83 when i was 5 or 6. I think it would be a good idea to get them coming out to it again.It still sends shivers down my spine listening to it now! Be interesting to see what anyone else thinks?

I used to have it as a ring tone.

I still do.

[Fergal]

Does anybody remember the villa coming out to this song every game in the early to mid 80s? I can always remember it being on when Nigel Spink was warming up! I dont no if it was played in the 70s as i only started going about 82 83 when i was 5 or 6. I think it would be a good idea to get them coming out to it again.It still sends shivers down my spine listening to it now! Be interesting to see what anyone else thinks?

I used to have it as a ring tone.

I still do.

I need to see if I can get it for my iphone.

[class_of_82]

remember stoping my motor on way back from snobs in the outside lane of the bristol road when butler told us to "get on ya knees and pray for the villa" when we was 1-0 down to penarol. there we was 5 of us praying on the grass. ah happy days